FILM DIRECTOR

Moustapha Akkad

1930 - 2005

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Moustapha al Akkad (Arabic: مصطفى العقاد, romanized: Muṣṭafā al-ʿAqqād; July 1, 1930 – November 11, 2005) was a Syrian-American film producer and director, best known for producing the original series of Halloween films and directing The Message and Lion of the Desert. He was killed along with his daughter Rima Al Akkad Monla in the 2005 Amman bombings. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Moustapha Akkad has received more than 971,418 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Moustapha Akkad is the 139th most popular film director (down from 131st in 2019), the 41st most popular biography from Syria (down from 33rd in 2019) and the most popular Syrian Film Director.

Moustapha Akkad is most famous for his work on the movie "The Message."

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  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Moustapha Akkad ranks 139 out of 2,041. Before him are Giuseppe Tornatore, Lasse Hallström, Erich von Stroheim, Lewis Milestone, Jacques Demy, and Volker Schlöndorff. After him are D. W. Griffith, Michael Cimino, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Vsevolod Meyerhold, and Max Reinhardt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Moustapha Akkad ranks 55. Before him are Jean Rochefort, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Carlos Kleiber, Jerome Isaac Friedman, Leon Cooper, and Adunis. After him are Yves Chauvin, Tippi Hedren, Anton LaVey, Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, Jesús Franco, and Buck Henry. Among people deceased in 2005, Moustapha Akkad ranks 33. Before him are Ernst Mayr, Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium, Pat Morita, George F. Kennan, Lucien Laurent, and Milton Obote. After him are Max Schmeling, Ahmed Deedat, Maria Schell, Mary Jackson, Brother Roger, and Birgit Nilsson.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Moustapha Akkad ranks 41 out of 210. Before him are Michel Aflaq (1910), Ananias of Damascus (100), Abu'l-Fida (1273), Maron (301), Odaenathus (220), and Adunis (1930). After him are Heliodorus of Emesa (250), Nizar Qabbani (1923), Levon Ter-Petrosyan (1945), Al-Dhahabi (1274), Tutush I (1066), and Julia Soaemias (180).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Syria

Among film directors born in Syria, Moustapha Akkad ranks 1. 

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